>To: [email protected] >From: Carmela <[email protected]> >Sender: [email protected] > >Subject: {not a subscriber} David Lincoln, Nancy McFarland >X-Envelope-To: MOCEDAR-L > >Posted on: Cedar Co., Mo Query Forum >Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mo/Cedar/891 > >Surname: LINCOLN, MCFARLAND >------------------------- > >Seeking leads: > >David and Nancy (McFarland)Lincoln, had a horse ranch in Missouri that >was overrun by the Union. They are said to have had several sons, and at >least one daughter, Ellen (Mary Ellen) Lincoln, the youngest, born May >18, 1869. Mary Ellen had had a childhood illness that gave her hearng >problems. >She was otherwise an expert horse rider, an avid reader of husbandry, and >physically very strong. > >In February 1887, Mary Ellen Lincoln received a letter addressed simply >to PO Box Virgil City, MO, from CC Dempsey, XIT Ranch, Nehee New Mexico >(Texas). He wrote by recommendation of a unnamed though mutual acquaintance. > >Ellen and Christopher C Dempsey were married in Union County, Oregon, >September >1889, by a priest. Ellen had converted from another religion. Witness for >the bride was an Orra, or Oma, or similar-looking name in 1880s script. > >CC Dempsey and Ellen Lincoln lived in Spokane, WA and ran the Dempsey Hotel. >CC Dempsey was also elected Sheriff of Spokane. > >Ellen Lincoln's brother visited the couple from Texas. He mooched and lazed >around, so finally CC kicked him out. This brother was said to be in a >gun fight later in Texas where he died. Any help, appreciated.